Stillhouse Fishing Report

GOOD. Water stained; 63 degrees; 17.01 feet below pool. Expect an uptick in crowds this week due to spring break for most local school districts. Water level is 17.01 feet low, which is five feet lower than at this time last year. As for white bass fishing, it seems the fish are all dressed up…

GOOD. Water stained; 64 degrees; 16.87 feet below pool. The solid, reliable white bass action which has been going on since mid-December is breaking down as the water warms rapidly. Fish have all but vacated water deeper than 30 feet, and fish are prone to suspending, and breaking up into small schools of 4-12 fish…

GOOD. Water stained; 58 degrees; 16.79 feet below pool. Water is rising and warming due to recent rains and mild weather. White bass and shad have begun shifting shallower due to what is shaping up to be an early spring. Fish are in 18-32 feet of water and are more aggressive. A go-to tactic right…

GOOD. Water stained; 52 degrees; 16.81 feet below pool. Water is rising and warming due to recent rains and mild weather. White bass and shad have begun shifting shallower thanks to what is shaping up to be an early spring. Fish are in 18-32 feet of water. Fish have been noticeably more aggressive thanks to…

GOOD. Water stained; 50 degrees; 16.95 feet below pool. Surface temperature 50 degrees, water is rising and warming thanks to recent rains and mild weather. White bass and shad have begun shifting shallower thanks to what is shaping up to be an early spring. Fish are in 24-32 feet of water. Fish have been noticeably…

GOOD. Water stained; 52 degrees; 17.26 feet below pool. We are now on our second week of a warming trend with the impacts of the polar front now completely erased, and water temperature down to 50 feet back where they were in early January. There continues to be upstream movement of white bass and hybrid…

GOOD. Water stained; 50 degrees; 17.29 feet below pool. Fishing this week was very good considering it is late January, although it is too early to see if this trend continues. The polar cold snap caused the bottom temperature to drop 5-6 degrees in just a few days. After the balmy, rainy, foggy conditions…

GOOD. Water stained; 52 degrees; 17.63 feet below pool. The water temperature fell a full 5-6 degrees on the surface down to 50 feet of water after the recent freeze. This much change in such a short time is rough on the fishing. Fish continued to be found in similar areas as they were prior,…

GOOD. Water stained; 52 degrees; 17.99 feet below pool. Very little fishing while temperatures remain in the teens and 20s thanks to the polar air mass that moved into Central Texas suddenly over the weekend. The weather will rise above freezing only to see another cold front blast overnight Thursday into Friday. Prior to this,…